Netbeans 6.8 final has been released. The main target of this version is to support JEE 6 and Glassfish v3, which also went eventually final. DZone has published a reference card for developers.

If you want to learn and discuss about competitive strategy, my friend Marco has started a very interesting blog on the subject. As an expert manager and consultant, Marco collects is thoughts and discuss books and articles about strategic management....

Having some XML files to clean-up and transform, I was looking for a script-based solution, so that I don't have to go through the Java edit-build-run cycle. Usually I would think to Python, but it's a long time since I have touched it and then I...

NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta is available for download. This release is especially targeted on providing support for the new JEE 6 specifications, which represent a major evolution of the JEE platform toward simplicity: Java Enterprise Edition 6 support in...

In FT.com I read: Oracle braced for EU objection on Sun deal "Brussels’ concerns centre on Oracle’s assumption of MySQL, an open source software company that Sun acquired in 2008. Opponents of the deal claim MySQL could become a serious competitor...